Astronomers find no evidence of alien technology after scanning more than 10 million stars
A 17-hour search of over 10 million stars found no signs of alien technology. A recent large-scale survey...
Astronomers have measured a black hole spinning at half the speed of light
Astronomers used X-rays to calculate a black hole spinning at nearly half the speed of light. Astronomers have...
Astronomers observed a “light echo” of 3,000 light-years from this dying supermassive black hole
Key Takeaways: Supermassive black holes, like the one in galaxy Arp 187, can host active galactic nuclei (AGN)...
Why we might really be alone in the universe
Earth’s unique conditions may be the reason complex life is extremely rare in the universe. In 2000, Peter...
Astronomers looked through 260,000 stars in the Milky Way to find alien ‘megastructures’
Key takeaways: Researchers analyzed data from 260,000 stars in the Milky Way to search for Dyson Spheres. Dyson...
Fusion experiment sets record, generating 10 quadrillion watts of power
Scientists achieved a record-breaking 10 quadrillion-watt energy burst using 192 giant lasers Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National...
The Thermal Nuclear Engine That Could Get Us to Mars in Just 3 Months
As it’s so close to Earth, Mars is the planet that humans will most likely step foot on...
The Largest Asteroid Was Likely Twice As Large As The One That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs
The Vredefort asteroid, striking Earth 2 billion years ago, was twice the size of the dinosaur-killer The Vredefort...
Astronomers find galaxy similar to Milky Way more than 12 billion light-years away
This ancient galaxy, SPT0418-47, has a surprising level of order and stability, defying theories about early cosmic chaos....
Black holes keep ‘burping up’ stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don’t know why
A recent study has revealed that nearly half of black holes that consume stars during tidal disruption events...